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" Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. "
The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 39
1813
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An Appeal to the Public: On the Controversy Respecting the Revolution in ...

Jedidiah Morse - 1814 - 218 pages
...hill." In view of it, we may well exclaim, in the pertinent language of an Apostle, St. James, iii. 5. "Even so the TONGUE is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how GREAT A MATTER tt LITTLE FIRE kindleth." In these documents, the public have the whole of...
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A trip to London; or, The humours of a Berwick smack [by R. Jameson.].

R. Jameson - 1815 - 264 pages
...The words are contained in the fourth verse of the third chapter of the epistle of James : " Behold the ships, which, though they be so great, and are...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth !" The sermon was nautical in all respects. Pie drew an ingenious comparison betwixt the rudder of...
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A Revised Translation and Interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures ..., Volume 3

1815 - 608 pages
...fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small rudder, wherever the steersman willeth. 5. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindles! 6. And the tongue is « fire, a world of iniquity;...
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The New Free-mason's Monitor: Or, Masonic Guide. For the Direction of ...

James Hardie - 1818 - 392 pages
...Behold , jve put bits in the horses mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great,...tongue is a little, member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter, a little fire kindleth, and the tongue is a fire, a world 'of iniquity...
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A System of Revealed Religion ...

1819 - 488 pages
...Behold we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great,...tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity ;...
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The New Free-mason's Monitor: Or, Masonic Guide. For the Direction of ...

James Hardie - 1819 - 364 pages
...the horses mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. Bchold also the skips, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce...tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Bchold, how great a matter, a little fire, kindleth, and the tongue is a. fire, a world of iniquity...
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Lectures on the Figurative Language of the Holy Scripture ...: To which are ...

William Jones - 1821 - 398 pages
...Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great,...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth." Nothing upon the subject can possibly exceed the eloquence of this passage : and the Apostle carries...
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The Sunday School Spelling Book

Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 pages
...Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. Behold, also, the ships, which though they be so great,...yet are they turned about with a very small helm. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth...
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A Summary of Christian Faith and Practice Confirmed by References to the ...

E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...Behold we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, bow great a matter a little fire kindletli : And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity:...
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The Tract Magazine and Christian Miscellany

1870 - 354 pages
...horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body," says the apostle James. " Behold also the ships, which though they be so great,...tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things/' Not every tongue : the sacred penman does not say this. It is but a natural and fair inference that...
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